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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. Power lines – Floods can saturate soil and make trees more likely to uproot and fall onto power lines.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

vital for new technologies that all of us use every day from solar panel technology to wind turbine, engineering design, and the creation of new alloys and polymers. Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer.

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Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban vs. China’s Wind Juggernaut

Legal Planet

Trumps Arguments Against Offshore Wind Why, you might ask, is Trump so opposed to offshore wind a technology that is not just an essential component of a low-carbon transition but a promising source of new economic growth and a way to compete with China? Wind power would do well in such a comparison with fossil fuel energy.